たいていの鳥は昼間しか目が見えない。

Sentence Analyzer

たいてい の 鳥 は 昼間 しか 目 が 見えない 。

English Translation

Most birds can see only by day.

Furigana

たいていの鳥(とり)は昼間(ひるま)しか目(め)が見(み)えない。

Romanji

Taitei no tori wa hiruma shika me ga mienai.

Words

大抵 (たいてい)

mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally; probably; most; almost all; ordinary; proper; appropriate; moderate

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

鳥 (とり)

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

昼間 (ひるま、ちゅうかん)

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

Kanji

鳥

Readings: チョウ、 とり

Meanings: bird, chicken

昼

Readings: チュウ、 ひる

Meanings: daytime, noon

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

目

Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-

Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible